Physics:Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
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| Author | Carlo Rovelli |
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| Original title | Sette brevi lezioni di fisica |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Subject | Physics |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Penguin Books (English edition) |
Publication date | 2014 |
Published in English | 2015 |
| Media type | Print, Digital |
| Pages | 96 (English edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN:9780241235966 (English hardcover edition) |
| Website | sevenbrieflessons |
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Italian: Sette brevi lezioni di fisica) is a short book by the Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli. Originally published in Italian in 2014, the book has been translated into 41 languages. More than a million copies have been sold, of which more than 400,000 in Italy.[1]
Overview
The book condenses the revelations of post-Newtonian physics – from Einstein's theory of relativity to quantum mechanics – into seven brief, accessible lessons:[2]
- The Most Beautiful of Theories
- The Quanta
- The Architecture of the Cosmos
- Particles
- Grains of Space
- Probability, Time and the Heat of Black Holes
- Ourselves
References
- ↑ Law, Katie (9 November 2015). "Meet Carlo Rovelli, the scientist behind new cult book Seven Brief Lessons on Physics". https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/meet-carlo-rovelli-the-scientist-behind-new-cult-book-seven-brief-lessons-on-physics-a3110216.html. Retrieved 25 July 2016. "In his native Italy the book has outsold Fifty Shades of Grey, shifting more than 300,000 copies, and it is now being translated into 28 languages."
- ↑ "Seven Brief Lessons on Physics on Google Books". Google. https://books.google.com.np/books?id=wU_ZCQAAQBAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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